Improved hat and cap-bracket



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TO ROMEO LAWRENCE, OF' SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent Nc. 107 ,389, (lated September 13, 187 0; cntellatcd September 3, 1870.,

IMPROVED HAT AND CAP-BRACKET.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

vTo all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, THEDonE LAWRENCE, of the' city of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, and ,.in" the State of Illinois, have invented. a Gravitating Bracket for Hats, Caps, Sto.; `and'do hereby declare that the following is afnll, clear, and exact y'description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which like letters ofl reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view. Figure 2, side elevation. Figure 3, a plan.

Figure 4, elevation, illustrating the gravitation of.

wire o'r malleable iron, its lower end a being a sort of shaft, made rouud'and set in staples or eyes ef, and slightly inclined from the perpendicular, the lower extremity, g, being a little further out of the recess I) than the upper part of the shaft a. The latter is bent, at or near a right angle, above the upper staple c, and extends horizontally for a few inches, and is again bent at an elbow, and extends upward and terminates in any convenient rest, d, orplacc on which to deposit articles to be put away.

The bottom of the shaft (t terminates in a collar or bent end, g, to prevent the casual removal of the bracket, or any displacement by accident.

Ihe upper staple e, or eye, is. set or screwed into the post B, or convenient place wit-hin the recess I) of a pew, seat, Ste., the plane of the eye being slightly inclined toward the recess, so as to cause the bracket to gravitate down such incline.

'.lhe lower staple or eye, j, is set beneath the former staple, a little nearer the entrance of the recess D of a pew or other place, to gite the requisite inclination from perpendicular to the bracket-shaft a.

The operation of this bracket needs no explanation, as it is self-evident that the co-operationof the inclined shaft a. and the inclined plane of the eye e 'must cause the gravitation ofthe bracket into theA recess, carrying with it, on the rest or ring d, a hat or other light article of apparel which is to be temporarily disposed of.

I do not claim an ordinary hook or bracket for holding hats or caps, or other articles; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y rIhe arrangement of the inclined shaft c of the hook or bracket A, in combination with the staples e and f, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing gravitating bracket, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of January, 1870. A THEODORE LAWRENCE.

Witnesses JAMES H. SUHUEBLY, o W. A. LovETT. 

